Nifty 50 was trading at 11973.15 (51.7, 0.4%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 40638.99 (193.8, 0.5%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 9708.35 (39.0, 0.4%)

Market breadth is holding steady. Of the 1637 stocks traded today, 788 were on the uptick, and 753 were down.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Adani Transmission Ltd. (333.85, 4.69%), Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Ltd. (39.80, 3.92%) and Canara Bank (216.20, 3.84%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Vodafone Idea Ltd. (6.55, -5.07%), PNB Housing Finance Ltd. (462.35, -4.76%) and Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd. (1416.20, -3.33%).

Volume Shockers

11 stocks in BSE 500 are trading on high volumes today.

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Va Tech Wabag Ltd. (186.00, 12.22%), Sun Pharma Advanced Research Company Ltd. (166.10, 8.00%) and EID Parry (India) Ltd. (205.00, 6.88%).

Top high volume loser on BSE was Century Plyboards (India) Ltd. (165.60, -0.33%).

La Opala RG Ltd. (135.50, 1.19%) was trading at 16.6 times of weekly average. Solar Industries India Ltd. (1037.15, 0.34%) and Varroc Engineering Ltd. (418.80, 0.17%) were trading with volumes 15.2 and 5.3 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

5 stocks made 52 week highs, while 10 stocks were underachievers and hit their 52 week lows.

Stocks touching their year highs included - Adani Transmission Ltd. (333.85, 4.69%), Coromandel International Ltd. (514.85, 3.78%) and Gujarat Gas Ltd. (230.00, 1.21%).

Stocks making new 52 weeks lows included - Allahabad Bank (21.80, -2.24%) and Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (114.00, -1.17%).

8 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Sun Pharma Advanced Research Company Ltd. (166.10, 8.00%) and Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. (143.90, 2.90%). 15 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including JK Tyre & Industries Ltd. (74.40, -3.75%) and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (2082.70, -1.93%).